Keegy United States - drink the good stuff!: Pressing Wine in the WinePod

Pressing Wine in the WinePod

Well, folks, if you have been following along with our WinePod adventures, yesterday was press day. Pressing extracts juice from the grapes by pushing down on them and squeezing the liquid out. (It's kinda like stomping on grapes, which is not done much anymore.) The liquid that is sq...

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drink th...d stuff! — October 13 08

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Wine Hilarity of the Day: Crap Wine

Vino Girl was catching up on the wine news this morning when she came across a hysterical little story on the website France24.com. I was drawn to it because it was a story about "crap wine", a term frequently used in wine circles to describe, well, crappy wine. ...

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drink th...d stuff! — October 11 08

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Wine At Your Fingertips

Please excuse this interruption of blogging as usual...I have to admit to shameless promotion, but how often does a gal get the opportunity to say that her book is now available on Amazon.com? It's true, Vino Girl is a published author! I worked hard writing a comprehensive wine reference last ...

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drink th...d stuff! — October 09 08

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On to MLF in the Winepod

Well, folks, we are now in a phase called Malolactic Fermentation; the cool kids call it MLF. It is admittedly a pretty boring phase for a wine maker, but a necessary step in the making of quality wine, particularly red wines. When the yeast has done its job and converted all the sugar in the gra...

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drink th...d stuff! — September 26 08

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Adventures of the Winepod Continue...

Sunday:Our fermentation has been kicking and it looks like it is about a day ahead at this point. We have been running warm since the get go (but within limits) and our brix took a solid turn down to 14 degrees. We have been punching down consistently and have added nutrients to keep the yeast go...

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drink th...d stuff! — September 17 08

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Routine Punchdown

I woke up this morning and was uneasy about the temperature of the Winepod, which had reached 78.7, above the upper limit of 78 Taylor had set yesterday. We are having trouble with our temperature control, which is 'auto on' but doesn't seem to start the cooling process or turn on the alarm with...

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drink th...d stuff! — September 14 08